Khurram Husain wrote in the November/December 2003 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:

"When Robert McNamara entered the Pentagon as defense secretary, he brought with him a clutch of youthful Rand analysts deeply steeped in studies of SAC vulnerability and counterforce. They came to be called the 'Whiz Kids'."

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Former Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank, Robert McNamara, "repentant Vietnam War architect ... breaks his silence on Iraq: The United States, he says, is making the same mistakes all over again."

"'We're misusing our influence,' he said in a staccato voice that had lost none of its rapid-fire engagement. 'It's just wrong what we're doing. It's morally wrong, it's politically wrong, it's economically wrong.'" [1]

Doug Saunders, "'It's Just Wrong What We're Doing'. In an exclusive interview, repentant Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara breaks his silence on Iraq: The United States, he says, is making the same mistakes all over again," Globe & Mail (Canada), January 25, 2004; posted on Veterans for Peace website.